Lizzo Files Lawsuit Against Producers Seeking ‘Truth Hurts’ Credit

Lizzo’s team has now filed a lawsuit against Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, two producers who claim to have first included the “DNA test” line of “Truth Hurts” in a separate song they wrote with the singer, called “Healthy.”

“Today we filed a lawsuit on Lizzo’s behalf to establish, in a court of law, that the Raisens are not writers of ‘Truth Hurts’ and have no right to profit from the song’s success,” Lizzo’s lawyer Cynthia Arato said in a statement provided to Page Six Wednesday afternoon.

“The Raisens did not collaborate with Lizzo or anyone else to create the song, and they did not help write any of the material that they now seek to profit from, which is why they expressly renounced any claim to the work, in writing, months ago, as the lawsuit makes abundantly clear. Although it is all too commonplace for successful artists to be subjected to these type of opportunistic claims, it is nevertheless disappointing that Lizzo had to take this step to put an end to the Raisens’ false claims and their campaign of harassment.”

Incidentally, none of these three people actually came up with the line “I did a DNA test and found out I’m 100% that bitch:” They were inspired by a meme that repurposed the phrase, which was created by a British singer named Mina Lioness via Twitter. She has since been credited as a songwriter for the track.

The Raisens are also not the only party seeking to rain on Lizzo’s parade: R&B singer CeCe Peniston made her own post on Instagram last week alleging Lizzo took some vocal ad-libs from her 1992 hit “Finally” for “Juice.”

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